Podcast appearances and mentions of David Lloyd

Join Film Seizure this week as they go into the far flung future of 2025 or maybe 2028 or possibly 2034 for a tale of dystopian oppression flirting with fascism in 2006's V for Vendetta, based on the brilliant comic book series by Alan Moore and David Lloyd. Episodes release on Wednesday at www.filmseizure.com "Beyond My Years" by Matt LaBarber LaBarber The Album Available at https://mattlabarber.bandcamp.com/album/labarber-the-album Copyright 2020 Like what we do? Buy us a coffee! www.ko-fi.com/filmseizure Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/filmseizure/ Follow us on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/filmseizure.bsky.social Follow us on Mastodon: https://universeodon.com/@filmseizure Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/filmseizure/ You can now find us on YouTube as well! The Film Seizure Channel can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/c/FilmSeizure

Michelle kicks off the final hour alongside Victoria Arlen for All The Small Things. Including an MLB star's son continuing his legacy with his former team. Ian Fitzsimmons, host of Amber & Ian calls in from SEC Media Days and pulls some of the attendees aside to get a feel for the conference. Then, David Lloyd, SportsCenter anchor joins the show to discuss 50 State in 50 Days' stop in Nebraska. Plus, the UnSportsmanLike moments of the day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Michelle kicks off the final hour alongside Victoria Arlen for All The Small Things. Including an MLB star's son continuing his legacy with his former team. Ian Fitzsimmons, host of Amber & Ian calls in from SEC Media Days and pulls some of the attendees aside to get a feel for the conference. Then, David Lloyd, SportsCenter anchor joins the show to discuss 50 State in 50 Days' stop in Nebraska. Plus, the UnSportsmanLike moments of the day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Michelle kicks off the final hour alongside Victoria Arlen for All The Small Things. Including an MLB star's son continuing his legacy with his former team. Ian Fitzsimmons, host of Amber & Ian calls in from SEC Media Days and pulls some of the attendees aside to get a feel for the conference. Then, David Lloyd, SportsCenter anchor joins the show to discuss 50 State in 50 Days' stop in Nebraska. Plus, the UnSportsmanLike moments of the day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Michelle kicks off the final hour alongside Victoria Arlen for All The Small Things. Including an MLB star's son continuing his legacy with his former team. Ian Fitzsimmons, host of Amber & Ian calls in from SEC Media Days and pulls some of the attendees aside to get a feel for the conference. Then, David Lloyd, SportsCenter anchor joins the show to discuss 50 State in 50 Days' stop in Nebraska. Plus, the UnSportsmanLike moments of the day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Michelle kicks off the final hour alongside Victoria Arlen for All The Small Things. Including an MLB star's son continuing his legacy with his former team. Ian Fitzsimmons, host of Amber & Ian calls in from SEC Media Days and pulls some of the attendees aside to get a feel for the conference. Then, David Lloyd, SportsCenter anchor joins the show to discuss 50 State in 50 Days' stop in Nebraska. Plus, the UnSportsmanLike moments of the day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We've got a special treat for you this week: Cricket legend Freddie Flintoff joins Michael Vaughan, Sir Alastair Cook, David Lloyd and Phil Tufnell for an unforgettable episode of our new show Stick to Cricket!

La Órbita de Endor hoy dedica un especial entero al cómic V DE VENDETTA, con guión de Alan Moore y dibujo de David Lloyd. Será el Volumen 1 dedicado a V de Vendetta, pues a este monográfico le seguirá un segundo volumen donde hablaremos sólo de la película. Aquí analizaremos no sólo el modo en que fue concebido, sino su historia editorial, con suspensiones en el tiempo que dejaron la obra a medio hacer hasta que se regresó para concluirla, amén de toda la carga ideológica de sus tramas y de personajes que merecen un sesudo estudio. Y qué tramas, amigos, hoy vamos a ponernos profundos de verdad. Hoy, junto al Coronel Kurtz, Rafa Pajis, Paco Garrido y Antonio Runa vamos a exprimir al máximo todo el meollo y la enjundia de este pedazo de cómic. Hoy debemos faltar a la ortografía para daros la Vienvenida a la totalidad de la audiencia. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

La Órbita de Endor hoy dedica un especial entero al cómic V DE VENDETTA, con guión de Alan Moore y dibujo de David Lloyd. Será el Volumen 1 dedicado a V de Vendetta, pues a este monográfico le seguirá un segundo volumen donde hablaremos sólo de la película. Aquí analizaremos no sólo el modo en que fue concebido, sino su historia editorial, con suspensiones en el tiempo que dejaron la obra a medio hacer hasta que se regresó para concluirla, amén de toda la carga ideológica de sus tramas y de personajes que merecen un sesudo estudio. Y qué tramas, amigos, hoy vamos a ponernos profundos de verdad. Hoy, junto al Coronel Kurtz, Rafa Pajis, Paco Garrido y Antonio Runa vamos a exprimir al máximo todo el meollo y la enjundia de este pedazo de cómic. Hoy debemos faltar a la ortografía para daros la Vienvenida a la totalidad de la audiencia. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Kea Nonyana of Scope Prime talks oil as Middle East tensions persist. Tasneem Samodien of Old Mutual Private Wealth on why local retailers are turning to beauty for its higher margins. David Lloyd of King Alexander Investments believes retail investors are driving a quiet overhaul.

In this episode of The World of Higher Education Podcast, host Alex Usher discusses the historic merger of two major Australian universities—the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia—set to be completed by January 2026. This merger will form Adelaide University, which will be one of the largest academic institutions in the country. Alex interviews David Lloyd, Vice Chancellor and President of the University of South Australia, and Co-Vice Chancellor of Adelaide University, who shares insights about the motivations, strategic planning, and potential impacts of this significant merger. David also elaborates on the potential benefits, challenges in maintaining distinct missions, and the broader implications for higher education internationally.Please note, the views and opinions expressed in each episode are those of the individual contributors, and do not necessarily reflect those of the podcast host and team, or our sponsors.This episode is sponsored by KnowMeQ.ArchieCPL is the first AI-enabled tool that massively streamlines credit for prior learning evaluation. Toronto based KnowMeQ makes ethical AI tools that boost and bottom line, achieving new efficiencies in higher ed and workforce upskilling. 

On this episode of the “Gen AI Breakthrough” podcast, host and The Hackett Group's Global Payroll Advisory practice leader Tracee Bowles facilitates the discussion exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and global payroll. Joined by Dayforce's chief AI officer David Lloyd and The Hackett Group's senior vice president and head of the AI practice John Thompson, they highlight the transformative potential of generative AI in enhancing productivity, compliance, and managing cross-border complexities in payroll processes. Both guests share their insights on the evolving landscape of AI and its pivotal role in harnessing unstructured data and driving efficiencies in enterprise functions.

Hosted by talkSPORT Cricket Editor Jon Norman, former England coach and broadcaster David Lloyd and cricket historian Jarrod Kimber this podcast is taken from the Bumble & Kimber Show on the talkSPORT Cricket You Tube Channel.Today the guys debate who deserves to be known as the best T20 bowler of all time.If you like what you hear please take the time to leave a 5 star review on the podcast page and follow @cricket_ts on X/Twitter. For even more content head over to the talkSPORT Cricket YouTube Channel and hit subscribe. https://www.youtube.com/@talkSPORTCricket Thanks for listening to Following On: Bumble & Kimber Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Carmen Mpelwane unpacks AB InBev's rising profits despite falling beer sales. David Lloyd of King Alexander Investments introduces a fresh take on LISPs with flat fees and guarantees. Plus, Simon weighs in on subscription fatigue – are we paying too much for too many?

David Lloyd, CEO of King Alexander Investments, describes his company's unconventional ‘only pay when you're winning' fee structure.

Hosted by talkSPORT Cricket Editor Jon Norman, former England coach and broadcaster David Lloyd and cricket historian Jarrod Kimber this podcast is taken from the Bumble & Kimber Show on the talkSPORT Cricket You Tube Channel.Today the guys debate which team deserves to be called the best cricket team in history.If you like what you hear please take the time to leave a 5 star review on the podcast page and follow @cricket_ts on X/Twitter. For even more content head over to the talkSPORT Cricket YouTube Channel and hit subscribe. https://www.youtube.com/@talkSPORTCricket Thanks for listening to Following On: Bumble & Kimber Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by talkSPORT Cricket Editor Jon Norman, former England coach and broadcaster David Lloyd and cricket historian Jarrod Kimber this podcast is taken from the Bumble & Kimber Show on the talkSPORT Cricket You Tube Channel.Today the guys debate how the IPL can be more competitive.If you like what you hear please take the time to leave a 5 star review on the podcast page and follow @cricket_ts on X/Twitter. For even more content head over to the talkSPORT Cricket YouTube Channel and hit subscribe. https://www.youtube.com/@talkSPORTCricket Thanks for listening to Following On: Bumble & Kimber Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by talkSPORT Cricket Editor Jon Norman, former England coach and broadcaster David Lloyd and cricket historian Jarrod Kimber this podcast is taken from the Bumble & Kimber Show on the talkSPORT Cricket You Tube Channel.Today the guys debate how history will view MS Dhoni.If you like what you hear please take the time to leave a 5 star review on the podcast page and follow @cricket_ts on X/Twitter. For even more content head over to the talkSPORT Cricket YouTube Channel and hit subscribe. https://www.youtube.com/@talkSPORTCricket Thanks for listening to Following On: Bumble & Kimber Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of the TRX Podcast, host Nathan D'Rozario sits down with Scott Mackenzie, Commercial Director at Horizon Leisure Centres, to explore the evolving landscape of fitness, leisure, and community engagement.With a career spanning leading brands like Fitness First and David Lloyd, Scott shares his journey through the fitness industry—from fitness product strategy to senior leadership. They discuss how leisure centres can strike the balance between commercial growth and community accessibility, the importance of modernising member experiences, and the role of innovation in the future of fitness.Scott also opens up about his leadership lessons, the value of practicing what you preach in fitness, and what it takes to create a lasting impact in an ever-changing industry.If you're passionate about fitness, business strategy, or the future of community wellness spaces, this one's not to be missed.Don't forget to like, subscribe, and follow the TRX Podcast for more conversations with industry leaders.

Welcome to the latest episode of L.I.F.T.S – your bite-sized dose of the Latest Industry Fitness Trends and Stories. Hosts Matthew Januszek, Co-Founder of Escape Fitness and Mo Iqbal, Founder & CEO of SweatWorks attended EHFF 2025 in Cologne, Germany. In part 2 of this episode, Matthew and Mo are joined by: Michelle Dand, Head of Fitness Product and Programming of David Lloyd. Benjamin Roth, Co-Founder and CEO of Urban Sports Club. Jim Pisani, CEO and Board Member of Life Fitness Hammer Strength. David Stalker, Ambassador for EuropeActive.   This episode covers: Evolution of branded group fitness programming at premium clubs in response to boutique competition. The rise of budget boutique fitness concepts in Europe and their rapid scaling approach. Equipment manufacturing strategy and the renewed focus on both cardio and strength equipment. Impact of global political climate and tariffs on fitness equipment production and pricing. The industry's decade-long transition from fitness-focused to health-focused approaches. The importance of offering multiple fitness modalities to meet diverse consumer preferences. To learn more about EHFF, click here: https://www.europeactive.eu/ ====================================================== Support fitness industry news by sponsoring future LIFTS episodes. Contact us at marketing@escapefitness.com for advertising opportunities. Subscribe to our YouTube channel and turn on your notifications so you never miss a new video when it's published: https://www.youtube.com/user/EscapeFitness Shop gym equipment: https://escapefitness.com/shop View our full catalog: https://escapefitness.com/support/catalog (US) https://escapefitness.com/support/catalogue (UK)  ====================================================== Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Escapefitness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/escapefitness Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/escapefitness LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/escapefitness/   00:00 Intro 02:36 David Lloyd's Response to Market Trends 05:00 Challenges and Lessons from Standalone Boutiques 07:28 Budget Boutique Market and Its Impact 27:58 Life Fitness and Hammer Strength's Evolution 41:35 Impact of Global Political Climate on Business 49:37 David Stalker's Reflections on Industry Growth 50:55 Mentorship and Advisory Roles 52:09 Future of the Fitness Industry

Remember remember...It's Lexi and Anne here to talk about Alan Moore and David Lloyd's dystopian masterwork V FOR VENDETTA! Come check it out as we talk all about one of the most iconic comics of the 20th Century.

Hosted by talkSPORT Cricket Editor Jon Norman, former England coach and broadcaster David Lloyd and cricket historian Jarrod Kimber this podcast is taken from the Bumble & Kimber Show on the talkSPORT Cricket You Tube Channel.Today the guys ask 'who is the most underrated cricketer ever?'If you like what you hear please take the time to leave a 5 star review on the podcast page and follow @cricket_ts on X/Twitter. For even more content head over to the talkSPORT Cricket YouTube Channel and hit subscribe. https://www.youtube.com/@talkSPORTCricket Thanks for listening to Following On: Bumble & Kimber Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by talkSPORT Cricket Editor Jon Norman, former England coach and broadcaster David Lloyd and cricket historian Jarrod Kimber this podcast is taken from the Bumble & Kimber Show on the talkSPORT Cricket You Tube Channel.Today the guys discuss what it is really like to face a cricket ball at 90 miles an hour.If you like what you hear please take the time to leave a 5 star review on the podcast page and follow @cricket_ts on X/Twitter. For even more content head over to the talkSPORT Cricket YouTube Channel and hit subscribe. https://www.youtube.com/@talkSPORTCricket Thanks for listening to Following On: Bumble & Kimber Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by talkSPORT Cricket Editor Jon Norman, former England coach and broadcaster David Lloyd and cricket historian Jarrod Kimber this podcast is taken from the Bumble & Kimber Show on the talkSPORT Cricket You Tube Channel.Today the guys are asked 'what is the future of cricket media?' If you like what you hear please take the time to leave a 5 star review on the podcast page and follow @cricket_ts on X/Twitter. For even more content head over to the talkSPORT Cricket YouTube Channel and hit subscribe. https://www.youtube.com/@talkSPORTCricket Thanks for listening to Following On: Bumble & Kimber Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by talkSPORT Cricket Reporter Sam Ellard, former England coach and broadcaster David Lloyd and cricket historian Jarrod Kimber this podcast is taken from the Bumble & Kimber Show on the talkSPORT Cricket You Tube Channel. If you like what you hear please take the time to leave a 5 star review on the podcast page and follow @cricket_ts on X/Twitter. For even more content head over to the talkSPORT Cricket YouTube Channel and hit subscribe. https://www.youtube.com/@talkSPORTCricket Thanks for listening to Following On: Bumble & Kimber Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by talkSPORT Cricket Reporter Sam Ellard, former England coach and broadcaster David Lloyd and cricket historian Jarrod Kimber this podcast is taken from the Bumble & Kimber Show on the talkSPORT Cricket You Tube Channel.Today the guys debate whether England will win the Ashes at the end of the year. If you like what you hear please take the time to leave a 5 star review on the podcast page and follow @cricket_ts on X/Twitter. For even more content head over to the talkSPORT Cricket YouTube Channel and hit subscribe. https://www.youtube.com/@talkSPORTCricket Thanks for listening to Following On: Bumble & Kimber Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by talkSPORT Cricket Editor Jon Norman, former England coach and broadcaster David Lloyd and cricket historian Jarrod Kimber this podcast is taken from the Bumble & Kimber Show on the talkSPORT Cricket You Tube Channel.Today the guys discuss what the funniest thing is they've ever seen in cricket. If you like what you hear please take the time to leave a 5 star review on the podcast page and follow @cricket_ts on X/Twitter. For even more content head over to the talkSPORT Cricket YouTube Channel and hit subscribe. https://www.youtube.com/@talkSPORTCricket Thanks for listening to Following On: Bumble & Kimber Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The extraordinary life of a secret Kent millionaire has been unearthed following revelations about her amazing generosity which is set to benefit thousands of people across the county.She lived in a modest 1970s semi-detached home in Whitstable but gifted her considerable wealth to numerous local good causes after she died in 2022 aged 98.Also in today's podcast, Kent County Council transport bosses say they shouldn't be blamed for roadworks across the county because they're not their fault. While there seem to be endless traffic jams and road closures in Kent, the authority's officials and elected members say they don't get to choose when or where they go. A “filthy” B&M store has been given a zero-star food hygiene rating after inspectors found evidence of rats gnawing on pallets of food.Officials discovered an “active infestation” at the back of the discount retailer in Canterbury. Pictures have revealed the extent of flooding on land where a new luxury leisure centre will be built.Plans for a David Lloyd club in Ashford were approved in August but concerns have been raised after the pictures show the majority of the site as being underwater and laced in mud. And you can hear from a Kent granddad who's cycling 1000 miles to raise money for charity. David's grandson Henry was diagnosed with meningitis when he was just six months old and Ronald McDonald House stepped in to support the whole family. 

Hosted by talkSPORT Cricket Editor Jon Norman, former England coach and broadcaster David Lloyd and cricket historian Jarrod Kimber and taken from the Bumble & Kimber Show on the talkSPORT Cricket You Tube Channel today the guys debate who they would choose to bat for their lives. If you like what you hear please take the time to leave a 5 star review on the podcast page and follow @cricket_ts on X/Twitter. For even more content head over to the talkSPORT Cricket YouTube Channel and hit subscribe. https://www.youtube.com/@talkSPORTCricket Thanks for listening to Following On: Bumble & Kimber Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by talkSPORT Cricket Editor Jon Norman, former England coach and broadcaster David Lloyd and cricket historian Jarrod Kimber and taken from the Bumble & Kimber Show on the talkSPORT Cricket You Tube Channel today the guys discuss whether Ben Stokes is one Ashes triumph away from becoming the best England captain of all time. If you like what you hear please take the time to leave a 5 star review on the podcast page and follow @cricket_ts on X/Twitter. For even more content head over to the talkSPORT Cricket YouTube Channel and hit subscribe. https://www.youtube.com/@talkSPORTCricket Thanks for listening to Following On: Bumble & Kimber Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You're listening to Following On SHORT with David Lloyd and Jarrod Kimber. On today's show the guys answer the question 'What is the most unbelievable thing you've ever seen at a cricket ground? If you like what you hear please take the time to leave a 5 star review on the podcast page and follow @cricket_ts on X/Twitter. And for even more content head over to the talkSPORT Cricket YouTube Channel and hit subscribe. https://www.youtube.com/@talkSPORTCricket Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the fourth part of our special podcast boxset looking back at the brutal 1974/5 Ashes series, Simon Hughes and Simon Mann relay the drama of the critical Sydney Test, and reveal with David Lloyd and Dennis Amiss - two men who survived that series relatively unscathed - the seismic impact it had on the game. For the entire five-part series go to patreon.com/theanalyst25 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

David Lloyd is a veteran of the local radio industry, with over 40 years of experience in roles at LBC, Virgin Radio, and the BBC. He also brings regulatory expertise from his time at the UK Radio Authority, now part of Ofcom. Today, he's a broadcaster and co-founder of Boom Radio, a relatively new UK station catering to baby boomers.In this episode, we discuss the state of BBC local radio, including the details of Lloyd's complaint about BBC Radio Devon's failure to adequately cover the 2024 riots. We also explore the potential role of alternative providers and the impact of the BBC's proposed spin-off service on Lloyd's own station, Boom Radio.“I think the BBC can do a lot better on the resources available, even as reduced. They've still got £120 million now furnishing a lot of very part-time radio stations—that's a lot of money. In other hands, that could actually deliver some incredible local radio, which, yes, is the BBC the right person to be running local radio if it really takes them that much money to deliver it poorly?”Listen to all our episodes here: https://podfollow.com/beebwatch/view To support our journalism and receive a weekly blog sign up now for £1.99 per month (NB we only charge for one creation per month): www.patreon.com/BeebWatch/membership Or if you'd rather make a one-off payment (which doesn't entitle you to the blog) please use our crowdfunding page:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/roger-boltons-beeb-watch-podcast @BeebRogerInstagram: rogerboltonsbeebwatchLinkedIn: Roger Bolton's Beeb Watchemail: roger@rogerboltonsbeebwatch.comwww.goodeggproductions.uk Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 16:9 PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SCREENFEED – DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT The UK software firm Evexi has an interesting story behind its move into digital signage - in that it was more a pull from a client than a push by the company itself. They got deeper into it because of a client's needs, and then a change in technology support that really forced the hand of the customer and Evexi. A few years on from that big moment, Evexi is growing out its CMS software business based around a very modern, headless platform and tools that the company says manage to bridge a need for being dead-simple to use but also deeply sophisticated and hyper-secure. CEO Andrew Broster relates in this podcast the story behind Evexi, and how it goes to market. There's also a very interesting anecdote in there about how lift and learn tech is more than just a visual trick for retail merchandising - with Broster telling how it was driving serious sales lift for a big whiskey brand. Subscribe from wherever you pick up new podcasts. TRANSCRIPT Andrew, thank you for coming on this podcast. Can you give me a rundown, like the elevator ride story of Evexi?  Andrew Broster: Sure. Thanks for having me, Dave. My background is very technical. I spent about ten years prior to setting up Evexi running a managed service for a private cloud-based business. In 2015, Sky came to us through a partner and asked for an advertising platform to be built into pub networks, where they had 10,000 pubs under contract to sell Sky Sports to.  We walked away and said, what was the question? But eight months later, the product was released into the pub network and it has nearly 2,700 pubs going live within just under 12 months and really from there, we were working with an existing CMS provider, Scala and we learned a lot of the pains with integrating into third-party systems, platforms, building, customer portals, because the traditional CMSs are not user friendly, and as a result, that was our first digital signage customer and our first project that we launched. So what would you call yourself when you were getting into this with Sky, were you like an independent software vendor who just did custom work for customers?  Andrew Broster: Correct. Yeah, it was literally, “Hey, Andrew, we need to build this workflow portal.” We were trying to solve problems at a software level for end users through, in those days, it was actually still the channel and that was the first exposure we ever had to the channel.  Okay. Now, though, you have your own product.  Andrew Broster: Yes, at the end of 2018, early 2019, we launched Evexi, purely on the grounds of Sky needing a different CMS vendor because Scala was the end-of-life Samsung system on chip support and yeah, Evexi came live and we flipped 2,700 pubs overnight onto our platform, and we were talking about taking a big leap, that was a big leap for and a big learning curve  And how do you do that overnight? The common perception would be if you're going to change 2,000 devices over you've got to visit 2,000 devices or you've got to Telnet into them or something or other and monkey around with each of them  Andrew Broster: No, what we ended up doing was as we created a reboot script that was rewriting the URL from the URL launcher on a Samsung screen and instead of Scala, we flipped them remotely to ourselves.  So with this business, you were asked to develop something for a specific client. Did you look at the marketplace and go, all right, we can do this for sure. We've got a client who wants it We can turn this into a larger business, but boy, there are already a lot of CMS software platforms out there, how do we differentiate ourselves? Andrew Broster: I don't think it was even that really. I think right back in the beginning my other shareholder said to me, is this a mistake? Are we going to just generate a lot of debt within the business? Is this a hard business to get into? I spent probably about three to four months, looking at the landscape, looking at companies, competitors, and companies that basically had one successful client and then struggled to grow out of the single client, and really from my point of view, it was, because I was very technical by nature, I wanted to be able to build a platform that was using the latest technologies. A lot of our competitors, less so now, but at the time in 2018-2019, were using a lot of aging software technologies, and scaling issues, so just single servers.  I'm a network architect by trade. I wanted to build a cloud-based platform that uses the same technologies as Amazon AWS and Netflix, and that really for me was the ability to have what I call a native cloud product and not make the same mistakes that everybody else does, because when you're building a product and trying to go to market, you have to really try and avoid making all your competitors' mistakes. So you ended up with what I believe you describe as a headless CMS, right?  Andrew Broster: Yeah, it's a headless CMS. By design it was headless, and then we put in a very simple UI because we had right back in those days, about 2,300 landlords wanting to publish their own content. So it really had to be very straightforward to use and we wanted to automate everything else in the backend. So things like rendering automatic web content, being able to have a platform that's open that anyone can build onto.  I'm from an open-source background originally, so I wanted to make these tools readily available to all of the partners and the ecosystem we're working in. So when you say headless CMS, what does that mean for a typical end user?  What I think about is that you've got creatives, people who are working on online products and so on, who don't want to back out of their normal workflow, platforms and log into something separate just to do digital signage. Andrew Broster: Correct, and for the larger companies integrating into our APIs, which are publicly available, means that we become an extension of their product suite rather than copy and pasting and moving content around. We just end up at the end of the line of the production, and then content gets scheduled, instead of having to log into another system. I'm a big fan of automating and integrating everything. What would be a good kind of reference example of companies that you're working with that you're allowed to talk about?  Andrew Broster: Sky is the obvious one. We did a lot of work with David Lloyd, on some projects for their gyms. Johnny Walker and Diageo in South Africa. And they've integrated into our APIs as well, whereby, they had a lift and learn solution using Nexomsphere integrated into Evexi. They built their own web apps sitting on top of a platform for the customer user journey, and then every time you want to go and change products, they have their own merchandising platform. So it gives the whole user journey without even touching a backseat, to be honest with you, and we just turn into ultimately a distribution engine because what we're doing is providing the player to be sophisticated and be able to play whatever content has been built and developed, but the changing the scheduling and interaction of it is all done through our APIs. So you mentioned the Sky project. That's still fully going. What kind of footprint does that have at the moment?  Andrew Broster: It still has around 2,000 screens. I think they're very heavily looking at the market at the moment, and seeing who else is doing it. Stone Gates are doing a great job at the moment, running out of a media platform into a pub network and I think it's fair to say we all collectively are just watching that to be honest with  You're all watching it for?  Andrew Broster: To see how that project evolves and whether it's going to be a success. I mean Sky were the early adopters of this in pub networks and I think like anything in this world, to be able to attract the big liquor brands and the beverage brands, you need to have a reasonable footfall, and that was always the argument right back in the beginning. How do you pump advertising revenue into your advertising network, unless you've got a footfall of half a million to three quarters of a million people.  Right. You're doing a lot of work with Nexonsphere. I just did a podcast with them a couple of weeks ago.  Andrew Broster: I know them well.  I like what they do and it's interesting that “Lift and Learn” is something that's been around for 20 years, but it used to be really hard to do. Is that what's being used for Johnny Walker and could you describe it?  Andrew Broster: Yes, it is exactly that. So if you walk into a liquor store in South Africa, you can pick up a product. It'll tell you about the product. You can pick up another product. It'll compare the two products, and then you follow the user journey on a screen after you've picked up the products to be able to inquire or pick up more information about the product. So in the Johnny Walker world, it's about understanding the different flavors of Johnny Walker and what the blend and what the mixes you have with the alcohol and the key to all of that is to understand who's using the product and to be able to provide that information back to the brand.  For me, that was a great project for us because we had so little involvement. I know that sounds ridiculous, but when you have a technical partner who is very tech focused, very marketing focused and who knows how to build apps using documentation, we have very little interaction, but I think really the beauty of it is the numbers that are coming back now is that they're seeing across, I think it's about 160 to 180 sites, they're seeing between a 40 and 42 percent uplift in sales and the tills as a result of using learned because they're doing a lot of A/B testing. So we know it works, and for us, it's making the next must be integration. Now, you don't have these drop down menus, don't have a CMS that's completely and utterly configure-centric, just need to be able to build out your solution because no Lift and Learn solution is the same and you need to be able to get there in 5 or 10 minutes. Right, because you want this to be largely in the hands of the integrator, the provider, whoever.  Andrew Broster: Our objective is to make the integrators' lives easy. If we can't make their lives easy, what's the point really from my point of view, frankly, of existing. They need to make money like we need to make money and the easiest way of doing that is just to make their lives easy. When you're on a journey of looking at getting into space and analyzing the other platforms that are out there, the other approaches and so on, what kind of conclusions did you draw about what you needed to do? Andrew Broster: How I looked at it was: We have many small customers and we have some very nice blue chip, large customers, and ultimately you need to make the small customers' lives very easy, three steps to be able to publish content and manage your content, and then when it comes to the big boys, you need to be able to become an extension of their existing workflows. Our goal really was, is to just build something that one is open, and two is very easy for an end user to use, because ultimately, in our space, we have systems integrators that are ultimately just resellers and they just resell the service and they're not technical, and then we have other integrators that we call our technical partners that are hugely technical. I want to be able to do stuff that we haven't even dreamt of yet, and it's the ability for them to be able to have that platform to do what they want.  So if you're going to do headless, it sounds like you have to have that capability, but for the small to medium business customer, they're probably not going to use the headless element so you've got to have a full UX for them, right?  Andrew Broster: But you've just got to give them a really easy journey. If they can use Facebook or they can use Instagram, they should be able to use a CMS. It should be as simple as that. Ultimately, our goal is login.  In our world, it's, you've got three things. You've got a player, you've got media, and you've got to be able to publish it, and it shouldn't be more complicated than that because that's what the smaller clients want. They want to be able to schedule content and they want to be able to update content very easily.  Is there a particular market vertical that you guys are strong in? Is it retail or is it QSR?  Andrew Broster: It's a fight between the two at the moment. We're doing a lot more work with Elo, Micro Touch in the U.S. at the moment. So we are using Blue Star in the U.S. to sell through to the channel, and so QSR is an interesting space because of the Square integration. You can plug a square device in and a touch screen in and within 20 minutes you can have QSR running on a touch screen to be able to do the ordering. It's four clicks in our system. You authenticate against the Square, you choose your products and off you go. So that space for us is very exciting for us. In the retail side, I think predominantly because of the way we position our product for integrations into Nexomsphere and stuff like that, that makes it quite an attractive offering.  With kiosk, and point of sale, I don't know that world all that well, but, Square, I think about it as transaction processing. Do you still have to jack into a point of sale system or is that something you can provide?  Andrew Broster: No, we are ultimately like a silent salesman sitting there. So we're literally integrated straight into Square's APIs. We pull up the products and we're just another method of ordering. So we work and the integration works just like online ordering, but we're just presenting it on a pretty screen, which is touch enabled. So that integration for us Is key, but actually very simplistic  Because you're doing from what I can tell on the web, a lot of kinds of interactive work and use portrait screens to do that. I see most digital science platforms as being very distinctly oriented around landscape and large format displays that don't have interactive. Is it hard to straddle the two?  Andrew Broster: No, not really. At the end of the day, it's a player for us. We have customers who've got large LED screens which is great, works very well. I would say we're particularly strong in the portrait side of the world.  But at the end of the day, all this technology doesn't work without any content creators. So we've got some very nice strategic content partners that do all of this work, which worked very well with our systems integrators.  So you would just point to them when a customer asks, you say, “These guys can help you out?”  Andrew Broster: Yeah, so if they don't have it in house and we say look, sure, no problem. We've got three or four of our preferred content partners who are actually quite tech and web app enabled, so they like to do some of the experiential stuff which ultimately then boils back down into the Nexomsphere world. So there again, it's a nice blend.  I believe you got into this in part, to do the Sky thing, that at that point it was a system on chip displays. Is that accurate?  Andrew Broster: Yes. So Sky has a very close relationship with Samsung, and the remit was that they had to be a Samsung screen system on chip. Now we're going back to 2015-2016 models, the very first generation way before Tizen. So yeah, that was the requirement, and off the back of that, it was, which CMS vendor can support these screens? Because in those days, system on ships didn't support portraits. You had to do clever stuff to make the content play in portrait in those days. That was the reality of it, and then, yes, in those early days, it was Scala that we originally integrated into. Then once Chris Regal and Stratacash bought Scala, that was the end of Samsung and SoC, right?  Andrew Broster: It absolutely was. It was, I think the initial shock was, what do we do next? But as I said before, Sky came to us and said, look, we have to keep this advertising network running. We need it supported. We need a platform that can scale a lot further than it currently runs at the moment, and we welcome that challenge, really. Don't forget we, at the time we were only seven or eight strong, we're now nineteen strong straddling three countries. So we've grown up a lot since then, but for a company of that size at the time, it was quite a big challenge. One of the things that I've heard through the years with system on chip smart displays is as you alluded to when they first came out, they weren't very powerful, weren't very capable.  I heard, as subsequent generations came along, they got quite good, they got quite powerful, but more recently, I've heard the opposite that because of the demands that are out there now for end devices that they can't handle everything, that they don't have the processing power to maybe do stuff that has aspects of AI related to it or anything else. I'm curious about your experience.  Andrew Broster: I think if you look at it from a HD point of view, no issues, 4k, don't see any issues. We saw some early issues in around Tizen 4 particularly. So we're talking about three or four years ago. Tizen 6, 6. 5 and 7 have been reasonably good.  Don't forget, we now integrate using Nexomsphere controllers, we're doing a lot of work with LIDAR, with Nexomsphere as well and predominantly these Tizen screens, they're just very dependent, not only on the processor, but on the Chromium version. If you're running a screen that's running a four year old Chromium version, you're going to have a whole ball ache when it comes to doing some cool stuff. But the later the Chromium release, the more feature rich, it actually becomes.  So there's no issue handling the complexity of content?  Andrew Broster: No, we have thousands of Samsung screens on our estate. They are in our world probably the most reliable devices. I have heard that there's been a push lately amongst end users to go to independent standalone media players and to decouple from the displays and not be relying on them. Are you hearing that in the community?  Andrew Broster: Yep, we are.  What's driving that?  Andrew Broster: So just to summarize we support anything Tizen, let's just say anything Samsung WebOS. We support Linux, Windows, Pi5 as well but I wouldn't run an estate on a Pi5. We're seeing a lot of drive now down the Android route, and my background is security, and I've always had a huge aversion to going near Android players. But there are a couple of new parties involved in the market that we're starting to work with who are releasing what we call their own orchestration platform for supporting Android so they can roll out thousands of these devices, keep them updated, keep them online and healthy and I'm actually quite receptive to it because I've always been very allergic to it, but going back to your point, I think a lot of it is possibly some of the integration issues or some of the requirements for external devices to function.  It took us nearly two years to get Samsung to open a USB port for us. People don't hang around for two years just to be able to have an integration port, being able to have an external device using that, which natively support, is actually a huge stepping stone and a huge advantage.  Why is that?  Andrew Broster: Because there's no compatibility issues. if I have to keep going back to Samsung every time I want to be able to have another driver to support over USB, and they turn around and say, two years later, yeah, guys, we finally decided that there's a big enough opportunity in the market to do it. We will consider it. That's all well and good, but the smaller, external media player companies, can move a lot quicker than that.  Right. I did an event where I was supposed to be using Samsung kiosk for checkin…  Andrew Broster: Oh, don't I know it.  I just wanted to use a little thermal printer and they said, we don't have that because that needs a Windows driver and we don't have that, so too bad, so sad.  Andrew Broster: Yep, absolutely.  But just leave it at that.  Andrew Broster: Put it this way. I mean we support the Samsung Kiosk on Tizen. They have a barcode and QR scanner. Does it work? Not really. They have a printer. Does it work? Yes, but it's only that printer. You can't plug anything else in it and it'd be supported because the Tizen operating system doesn't support it. So it's hardly surprising that people just go out and say, actually life's so much easier if I just plug another device into it, because I just know that the peripherals of work, and that for me is probably the approach I'd look at too.  If I'm a large brand and I just want to roll out 1500s, let's call them devices, and then all of a sudden, the panel vendor says, no, we don't support that device. You can't wait for a decision to be made. You just got to get on with your project, and yes, that's a perfect space for media players.  Because you've now been in this industry for some time, but spent a lot of time looking at it, where do you think things are at? Because I see far too many software competitors out there and I'm always amazed when a small startup contacts me and says, we're doing this too, here's what we're up to, and I'm thinking, why did you start this? There's so many competitors to begin with.  What do you see and what will happen? Because I just see the herd being thinned out.  Andrew Broster: I think what I'm carefully observing at the moment is the number of acquisitions that are taking place. We see it, if we look at grass, fish and dice, and the aggregation and the buying up of what I look at as like the supply chain and ultimately trying to go direct.  I think that's for me, I think that opens more doors than it closes for us. Not only on the fact that, ultimately my business needs to have a value and it needs to be able to be, one day, I would like to walk away from this. From my point of view, looking at it and seeing one, competitor being swallowed up or acquired by systems integrators is a great thing. But two, it also leaves a very open to us because what then happens is you've got a UK based company buying from fragments like a what was a European digital signage software platform who's now actually realistically going to become a direct competitor because they will then start competing in the same space for the same customer base. For me, that's great. We get calls quite regularly saying, oh yeah, but yeah, we can't buy those licenses anymore because they're now a competitor. The board won't approve it.  So from my point of view, it's great, and it's exciting, and for us, we're picking up new businesses as a result of it. What I'm seeing, which I'm quite enjoying at the moment is a lot of the hype around retail media. I did a podcast couple of weeks ago about it, with one of our systems integrators. Chris Regal is doing a great job of talking and educating the market. I think his insights are very valuable. I have a lot of respect for Chris. I have done all of these, even going back to when he acquired Scala, but I haven't yet seen a very good implementation of a retail media network. I don't travel the globe every day, but I do a fair amount of travel. But I think really for my business and other businesses our side, the retail media side of it is purely targeted messaging, ultimately, if you want me to look at it that way. I don't think that's exciting. Who would you describe as a good partner company and a channel to work with, because there are some integrators who I tend to call solutions providers because they truly understand it versus AV systems integrators who are really good at deploying stuff in workplaces and other kinds of spaces like that, but they don't understand content, they don't understand the software. They just put stuff in.  Andrew Broster: Yeah, hang and bang as I call it.  Yeah. I don't like to use that term because they don't like it, but that's...  Andrew Broster: There's no disrespect. Yeah, to it, to any of those guys, everybody has their business model, right? We have this really nice blend of very sophisticated system integrators down to the ones that just want to look after the smaller end users, and they're as valuable to us as anybody, because we give them tools that they just go in and plug in and exercise. That's an easy route for us really, because we were selling a box product with an add on, and they can go in and install a box product with an add on and it's just two pieces of software for us. That's perfect.  I think about end users and the enterprise level ones often wanting a fully managed solution where, look, we're going to outsource this thing to you guys, we'll give you direction and everything else, what we need, but you guys do it.  Are you also seeing that with some of your channel partners that even relatively small deployments, they want that full managed solution?  Andrew Broster: We are, and we're seeing more and more of it, and that's exactly where our systems integrators sit in that space, and that's great. More and more to be honest with you, I think, we saw years ago, like everybody wanting to move to the cloud and just push the problem away and trying to lower the cost of IT systems, right?  I think what they're also trying to do now, certainly in the marketing side of these brands, is they want to be able to push that out and just know it's going to be looked after. It's easier to have a fully managed service for the systems integrator that has a help desk, a support system, people on the ground, technical experts and the partners that we work with, they're all certified Evexi Partners.  We get maybe two or three calls a week from an escalation point of view with something, but the rest of it is handled by our systems integrators.  That's a good situation.  Andrew Broster: I always look at it erctainly the channel is we're like the software guys, we're not the help desk guys. We're the guys that want to build the software, look after the software and release more features in the software. The systems integrators are great at looking after the customer, supporting the customer and delivering everything to the customer. We fit in quite nicely.  So it's either two things. Everything's going well, or they've given up on you.  Andrew Broster: No, it's not, because I keep buying licenses, and that's a good thing.  Absolutely. I believe you have a busy next few weeks coming up here. You're at NRF and then ISE. Andrew Broster: Yeah. So we're at four trade shows in the space of four months. Next year we are with our partner's Ergonomic Solutions, NRF, which will be great, really looking forward to that. Our US market footprint's growing, so we're enjoying that relationship, Blue Star is an integral part of that. We enjoy working with those guys.  ISE, again, the Ergonomic's stand, we're showcasing a lot of new tech. So a lot of it is nice integrations with Nexomsphere as well. A lot of touch applications, experiential stuff. We're on the Nexomsphere stand with them as one of their supporting partners and we're on the Samsung stand, and then at the end of February, we go to Eurosys, which I find fascinating because it's a very different market and it's very retail focused. So we're there for a week and then we're at the Retail Tech Show again, and we'll be supporting three or four of our UK partners as well as Ergonomic Solutions as well at the Retail Tech Show. So it's a very busy beginning to the year.  All right. I will let you get organized for all that. Thank you for taking some time with me.  Andrew Broster: No problem at all. Thank you very much for having me.

Pues entre el Hellboy de estos días y el Hellblazer de hoy, mucho infierno nos está quedando para estas navidades, pero merece la pena. Rozando el fin de año os dejamos hoy con Hellblazer 250, un número un tanto rara avis que pilló allá por las navidades de 2008, en la transición entre la etapa de Andy Diggle y la que emprendería el camino al final con Peter Milligan al frente. Y es un número raro además porque es además una antología y es completamente navideño, unos terrenos donde tal vez no vemos muy habitualmente al bueno de John Constantine. Para la ocasión tenemos aquí nombres como Dave Gibbons, Sean Phillips, Jamie Delano, David Lloyd, Brian Azzarello, Eddie Campbell y otros Selección musical: 🎶 The Twelve Days of Yaksmas, de Ren & Stimpy's Crock O' Christmas 🎶 What Are You Doing New Year's Eve, de Ella Fitzgerald

Recently, I've had to really really DIG IN.Grind. Grind. Chew glass.Wade in. Full send. Gary delivers a Masterclass in Grit & Sales Our conversation really helped me.I know it'll help you, too. ON THE MENU: 1. Why going bankrupt is a death by a thousand paper cuts - but it's the best day of your life too2. Sell. Sell. Sell. Why too many brands skip Challenger Brand “Leg Day” - you HAVE to get good at sales3. Why “Denial” is both very good and bad in business + how to use the power correctly4. How Challenger Brands can launch SUCCESSFULLY in Ireland: “The Irish market is way more complicated”5. Be GRATEFUL: Why the UK grocery market is the best in the world vs. Australia and USA vs. France6. VITHIT's Brand Code: Look great. Be great. Taste great7. Zoom out + Embrace GENUINE optimism: “Failures are little steps on the ladder to success”8. Why the Irish punch above their weight in business: “Storytelling is in the Irish blood” - The storyteller is the most important person in the world (Steve Jobs)9. Is the David Lloyd the greatest distribution point of all time? “How do you catch your shopper on their journey?”10. “If you focus so much on a closed door, you'll never see the open door right next to you”11. Why “Insecurities” are a modern-day problem: “If you ask, What's wrong with me? You'll find something”12. How to build a brand WITHOUT VC funding and why brands with HUGE VC funding are going BUST!!!13. The Rolling Stones brand-building rule: Pick a dead category and innovate there.14. How to deal with people fcking you over: Don't leave yourself open + Get the fck on with it15. How to survive when you're in the shit: “You only need to win once” + “Just keep going, it's a never-ending fight”

We finally did it! We tackled one of our proverbial white whales: V FOR VENDETTA by Alan Moore and David Lloyd. It's such a precise, dense, frustrating, and prophetic treatise on the escalation of fascism in a failed state. Simultaneously, it's a gorgeous, hopeful, and inspiring manifesto for building a world based around love and community care from the ashes of the fallen authoritarian empire. In our discussion, we talk about the way this book (and the subsequent movie) have been warped in the public eye, how Moore's political praxis is front and center, and how we can take up V's cause in the fight against fascism today. Oh, and please, for the love of god, don't do LSD in a concentration camp...

Given the choice Peter Morgan would rather be spending time with his horses than standing around with a mobile phone. He very kindly made an exception for us last week, and we've been able to capture some of his recollections of a life with horses. Peter talks firstly about his talented galloper Burrandana whose first up win at Gundagai recently proved he's on track for a TAB Highway mission. The veteran trainer talks of Burrandana's troublesome feet. Peter says he actually bred the horse. He looks back on Burrandana's form line with special mention of the Wagga win that was taken off him. A substance used on another horse in the stable showed up in Burrandana's post race swab. Pete says a very hefty fine ensued. The trainer talks of Burrandana's five TAB Highway attempts. He hasn't been able to win one yet, but he's knocking on the door. Peter speaks of Burrandana's owners, long time clients David Lloyd and Geoff Miller. He mentions another recent winner from the stable in Unique Prince who's due back in work following a break. Peter looks back on early days in Melbourne under the tutelage of his grandfather Frank Kernaghan. He says Frank was a skilful trainer who was rarely without a handy horse. He had one very talented hurdler. He says one piece of advice offered by his grandfather has remained with him over half a century. Peter was apprenticed to Frank Kernaghan and had a short stint as a jockey. He rates his talents in the saddle. He talks of the legendary jockeys he got to know in the 1960's. He says one of them took an interest in his progress. During his apprenticeship at Flemington Peter got to know some famous trainers. He makes mention of a couple. Peter says he eventually borrowed boxes from his grandfather to get his own training career under way. He runs through a list of horses who helped to get him up and running as a professional trainer. Peter moved to Albury in 1974 and brought with him a promising apprentice jockey. The trainer acknowledges other talented jockeys who've given him good service since moving to the Riverina. Peter says the art of horse training has changed dramatically in recent times. He talks of the accessibility of racetracks from his Wagga base. Peter mentions some of the trainers he's most admired. In naming the best horse he's seen in six decades, the veteran plumps unequivocally for Tobin Bronze. We share a few memories of the great horse. The laconic trainer doesn't waste words in taking us back over his journey in racing.

Remember, remember, one of the weeks in November. We talk Alan Moore and David Lloyd's V For Vendetta along with all the big news of the week!https//www.editorsnotecomics.comhttps://www.patreon.com/editorsnotecomicsPop Culture News 9:40Weird Movie Facts 25:25Sports Report 27:45V For Vendetta 35:05What Franchise Should Take A Break? 48:55

This is part of a series about movies based on comic books. ***Referenced media:“Hulk” (Ang Lee, 2003)“Justice League” (1960-now) by Gardner Fox“Promethea” (1999-2005) by Alan Moore, J.H. Williams III, and Mick Gray“300” (1998) by Frank Miller“300” (Zack Snyder, 2007))“Watchmen” (1986-1987) by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons“Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope” (George Lucas, 1977)“The Incredible Hulk” (1962-now) by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby“La Femme Nikita” (Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran, 1997-2001)“Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back” (Irvin Kershner, 1980)“Inception” (Christopher Nolan, 2010)“V for Vendetta” (1982-1989) by Alan Moore, David Lloyd, and Tony Weare“King Solomon's Mines” (J. Lee Thompson, 1985)“American Splendor” (Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, 2003)Audio quotation:“The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen” (Stephen Norrington, 2003), including music composed by Trevor Jones, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLohYzz4btpaR4ijRiDh7c_um07ONIlBzQ“Main Theme” from “The Hulk” (Ang Lee, 2003) composed by Danny Elfman, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLohYzz4btpaQYdvYlbq7Vw2z3YNwxPNXE“One Dream” (1991) by Lou Gramm from the “Highlander II: The Quickening” (Russell Mulcahy, 1991) soundtrack, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3E7X7BHpz4

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A pub landlord could be stripped of his licence after a fight broke out in the wake of England's Euro 2024 final defeat which left one punter with potentially life-changing injuries.The incident happened in the pub garden in Wainscott, but police say it wasn't properly reported to them until the next day.Also in today's podcast, a former Sturry pig farmer embroiled in a planning war after switching up his business without permission says he will defy council if it tries to shut him down.His retrospective application has been rejected, but he's vowed to continue trading even if enforcement action is threatened.The KentOnline podcast has spoken to a woman who thought she'd be rich six months after opening a sandwich shop in Dartford but is now struggling to survive. She's told us the cost of living crisis is still affecting small businesses, with costs doubling and customer numbers falling. A garage boss on Sheppey is worried his firm's reputation has been damaged due to a water leak saga that's been going on for 19 months.He says he's unfairly getting the blame for the issue, which has turned the pavement outside his business into a “dangerous joke”.And gym bosses in Herne Bay say they're not feeling the pressure despite plans for a huge luxury health and fitness complex in the town. You can hear from some gym owners who say they're not scared of the proposals for the new David Lloyd Leisure site – as it will attract a completely different clientele. 

In this episode, we conclude our three-part look at V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd, as collected by Vertigo/DC Comics! V disables Norsefire's surveillance apparatus, nudging the citizens of London toward revolution. Rose Almond takes action. Schemes are hatched as Helen Heyer and Peter Creedy vie to take control of the government. Detective Finch takes a bad trip. And Evey prepares to fulfill her destiny. As society collapses, will any of our players get a happy ending? And will they finally step into the spotlight of that vicious cabaret known as … The Comics Canon? In This Episode: ·       V's Bugs Bunny physics ·       We've got a fever, and the only cure is more Scottish brogue! ·       A surprise induction into The Comics Canon! ·       The Filth and the Fury ·       Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep and The Simple Art of Murder Join us in two weeks as we take a long-overdue look at Will Eisner's The Spirit! Until then:Impress your friends with our Comics Canon merchandise! Rate us on Apple Podcasts! Send us an email! Hit us up on Facebook, Bluesky or The Platform Formerly Known as Twitter! And as always, thanks for listening!

In this episode, we continue our three-part look at V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd, as collected by Vertigo/DC Comics! Abandoned by V on the streets of London, Evey Hammond knows a brief moment of happiness before she's captured, tortured and interrogated about her role in V's crimes. Rose, widow of the late Derek Almond, suffers a series of humiliations. Meanwhile, V's body count grows as he issues an ultimatum to the people of London. Can Evey hold on to that last little inch of herself, even if it costs her her life? And can our cast of characters make it past the bouncer into that Kitty Kat Keller known as … The Comics Canon? In This Episode: ·       Remember, remember the fifth this November ·       Boy, were we wrong about Dascombe! ·       V's maybe not the greatest lyricist ·       Amy Lennox's performance of “Cabaret” ·       Gen V ·       Rogue Trooper: Tales of Nu-Earth Vol. 1 Join us in two weeks as our three-part series concludes with Book 3: The Land of Do-As-You-Please! Until then:Impress your friends with our Comics Canon merchandise! Rate us on Apple Podcasts! Send us an email! Hit us up on Facebook, Bluesky or The Platform Formerly Known as Twitter! And as always, thanks for listening!

In this episode, for … oh, no particular reason … we kick off a three-part look at the classic graphic novel V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd, collected by DC Comics!  Originally published in serial form in the British anthology magazine Warrior, this dystopian fantasy follows the anarchist vigilante known only as V, clad in a creepy Guy Fawkes mask, who's hell-bent on taking revenge on the staffers of a post-war “resettlement camp!” This mysterious, magnetic revolutionary rescues a 16-year-old would-be sex worker named Evey from a horrible fate at the hands of the nation's secret police, and soon enlists her in his one-man war to bring down the fascist British state! But is there more to the strangely powerful V than first appears? (Spoiler alert: Yes!) And can he hope to silence that Voice of Fate known as ... The Comics Canon? In This Episode: ·       The scourge of … THE BEATNIKS! ·       Pynchon, V? Really? ·       Maybe we shouldn't have given the guy in Room V so much freedom… ·       The Abominable Dr. Phibes ·       Kite Man: Hell Yeah! Join us in two weeks as we roll merrily along with Book 2: This Vicious Cabaret! Until then:Impress your friends with our Comics Canon merchandise! Rate us on Apple Podcasts! Send us an email! Hit us up on Facebook, Bluesky or The Platform Formerly Known as Twitter! And as always, thanks for listening!

This episode contains explicit language and talk of sexual assault. On this episode, we take a butcher's at the book that begat the critically acclaimed streaming series The Boys—specifically, The Name of the Game, collecting the first six issues of The Boys by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, originally published by WildStorm Productions and later collected by Dynamite Entertainment! When Hughie Campbell's girlfriend is killed during a superpowered battle, he's recruited by Billy the Butcher to join The Boys, a CIA-sanctioned squad of humans tasked with monitoring the superhero community and acting when they step out of line. Meanwhile, Annie January, aka Starlight, achieves her lifelong dream of joining the world's premier superteam, The Seven—only to find that the world's greatest heroes are corrupt, narcissistic, cruel ... and worse. And Hughie quickly learns that his new gig isn't all it's cracked up to be, either. Can these two innocents navigate this unpleasant new world without losing their souls? And can this book filled with sex, graphic violence and gross-out gags survive a meeting with that Human Resources department known as ... The Comics Canon? In This Episode: ·         A Comics Canon news break ·         We need to talk about that hamster ... ·         A discussion of The Boys on Amazon Prime Video ·         Garth Ennis' Red Team ·         The Mighty Join us in two weeks as we begin a discussion of Alan Moore and David Lloyd's V for Vendetta! Until then:Impress your friends with our Comics Canon merchandise! Rate us on Apple Podcasts! Send us an email! Hit us up on Facebook, Bluesky or The Platform Formerly Known as Twitter! And as always, thanks for listening!

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David Lloyd joins the boys to talk Princess Peach Showtime, SaGa Emerald Beyond, Pepper Grinder plus we take a look forward to what the "Switch 2" could be. Hosted by Perry Burkum (@PBurkum), Casey Gibson (@case_jets), Alex Culafi (@culafia) Start of Show: (0:00:09) Princess Peach Showtime! (0:07:26) SaGa Emerald Beyond: (0:14:30) Pepper Grinder: (0:28:07) New Super Switch U 64 Advance Micro OLED: (0:39:13) Poll Results Time: (0:58:52) Outro: (1:10:57) Thank you for listening! We can tell that you are a good-looking person. Peep the discord: https://discord.gg/XPByvgvByQ Please write in to the show at TNPmailbag@gmail.com Tweet us @TalkNintendoPod and Instagram us at talknintendopodcast Please consider supporting us on Patreon! For just $1 you can get access to tons of exclusive content! Check us out at www.patreon.com/nwr

We're taking another Patreon episode out of the vault with V for Vendetta Remember, remember the 5th of November! This month we're discussing V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd. Are we using our Patreon money to buy weed? Is this comic relevant to the world today? Can you kill an idea? Did stupid people ruin the Guy Fawkes' mask for everybody else? In what ways is this comic psychedelic? Where is the absolute worst place to trip balls on LSD? Does the art in the comic feel dated? Is this Cody's first time reading V for Vendetta? Should this be one of the first comic books you read? Do we like V for Vendetta more than Watchmen? Should V ever be used in other DC comics? What editions of V for Vendetta do we own? Is there a lot of ambiguity in this comic? Should you automatically assume that V is a man? What is the true identity of V? Does it matter if V is a nobody? Could Jake handle a waterboarding? Could the Warriors of Virtue take V in a fight? What dark secret from high school does Anthony have? Does Cody have a dark secret too? Is V for Venereal Disease? Which villains from the comic would we be? Who is a behind-the-scenes cucklord? Could V defeat Patreon exclusive character Betty Yayo 2069? What Stanley Kubrick movie are we planning to do an episode on? What new podcast rule do we make up for this episode? Are all of the characters unlikable? Did Jake want Evey to die? Who quotes Gandalf this episode? How does Evey finally become free? What does V's voice actually sound like? How is V similar to The Joker? Who is V-23? Should there be a sequel to the V for Vendetta comic or movie?Plus, we reveal our top 10-20 favorite comic books of all time! Check out our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/ComicsandChronic⁠⁠⁠ Check out our website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.comicsandchronic.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ New episodes every THURSDAY Follow us on social media! Instagram // Twitter // TikTok : @comicsnchronic YouTube: ⁠www.youtube.com/channel/UC45vP6pBHZk9rZi_2X3VkzQ⁠ E-mail: comicsnchronicpodcast@gmail.com Cody Twitter: @Cody_Cannon Instagram: @walaka_cannon TikTok: @codywalakacannon Jake Instagram: @jakefhaha Anthony Instagram // Twitter // TikTok : ⁠@mrtonynacho⁠ YouTube: youtube.com/nachocomedy

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